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Jamaat warns against 'Awami-style' polls

Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leaders on Friday pressed for elections under a proportional representation (PR) system and warned against repeating "Awami-style" polls. Speaking at a r... Read More


BRAC Bank opens new sub-branch in Rajshahi

Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- BRAC Bank has inaugurated a new sub-branch in the Uposhahar area of Rajshahi city, taking its sub-branch network to 103. The sub-branch, located at Monowara Max Tower on Dorikhorbo... Read More


MetLife launches 24-hour digital policy documents

Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- MetLife Bangladesh customers can now receive digital insurance policy documents within 24 hours of submitting their application, subject to certain requirements. The move sets a ne... Read More


Government needs to proceed with caution in terms of financial management

Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- THE fallen Awami League government had borrowed Tk 1.32 trillion from the central bank during its 15 and a half years rule. Due to the dollar crisis, it could not repay the loan on ... Read More


Relief in vegetable, meat-egg prices rise

Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- While vegetable and rice prices keeps down, the meat and egg prices remain uptick puts pressure on the common people. Sources said, to keep the rice market stable, the government a... Read More


10-man Kings retain Challenge Cup title

Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- The 10-man Bashundhara Kings retained the title of the Challenge Cup after defeating Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited 4-1 in their curtain-raiser tournament of the domestic fo... Read More


Strict action taken against presenter for mocking Trump

Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- The US television network ABC has suspended Jimmy Kimmel, the host of the popular US late night TV show 'Jimmy Kimmel Live', indefinitely. The move was taken for comments on the sh... Read More


Salman Shah would have turned 54 if he were alive

Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- Yesterday was Friday, September 19, was the birthday of late hero Salman Shah, the shining star of Dhaka cinemas in the 1990s. He was born in Sylhet on this day in 1971. If he were... Read More


Netherlands keen to bolster bilateral ties with Bangladesh

Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- Netherlands is keen to strengthen bilateral ties including trade and support in upcoming election as well as in the ongoing Rohingya humanitarian crisis. The newly appointed Ambass... Read More


BUET student Sony murder convict Togor held

Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- Mushfiq Uddin Togor, a convicted defendant in the 2002 murder of BUET student Sabekun Nahar Sony, has been arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion.Togor, 50, was apprehended with a r... Read More